The Champlain Fire Department was called to a reported Structure Fire at 102 Tallman Rd in the Town of Champlain.  This was a particularly difficult call to respond to due to the fact that the house belonged to one of our own firefighters.  The fire is believed to have started in the basement in the Water Heater area, and the fire was contained to one room of the basement.  Firefighters ventilated the basement and used generators to manage a sub-pump to pump out water from the basement that spilled over from the water heater.  Crews were Assisted by the Mooers Fire Department and Clinton County Car 4.  All apparatus was back in service within 2 hours.

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1st Assistant Chief JP Filion has command of Initial Attack. Firefighter's Walter Lapan and Cory Thompson are in the basement. Firefighter Todd Jarvis and Jim Lefebvre are also shown assisting with the Initial Attack.

Firefighters Cory Thompson adn Walter Lapan exit the building after Initial Attack. FF Corby Lafave assists the 2 with their packs. FF Richard Lafontaine (right) was one of the first firefighters to arrive on scene.

Captain Walter Lapan

Clinton County Car 4 Chris Trombley and Clinton County Car 7 Mike Cahoon

1st Assistant Fire Chief JP Filion pulls the attack line out of the building for re-bedding.

Champlain EMS provided standby coverage. From left to right are Dan Harriman (from Chazy), Ken Laplante Jr., and Joe Krone.